18 Menahan Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221

The three-story, six-unit New Law Tenement building at 18 Menahan Street in Bushwick, owned by Pedro Pile, has experienced several maintenance issues over the past five years, with the most pressing concerns centered around heating systems and safety compliance. The property has documented three separate heating/hot water complaints affecting the entire building in late 2019, all of which resulted in closed investigations due to lack of access for inspection. There is currently one open housing maintenance violation (as of April 2024) regarding the required annual bedbug report, though the building did have a documented bedbug incident in 2022 with one unit affected.

Multiple safety-related violations were issued in October 2021, including the need to post proper notices regarding carbon monoxide detector requirements, smoke detector requirements, and gas leak procedures, as well as a requirement to maintain a proper certificate of inspection display near the mailboxes. Additional violations from the same period involve closet door issues in apartment 1R. The building has undergone regular rodent inspections, with the most recent inspection in April 2025 passing with no issues, following a previous rat activity finding in April 2024.

311 service requests and subsequent HPD inspections have addressed various issues including door frames and janitorial services in late 2021, though not all inspections resulted in violations being issued. An August 2024 complaint regarding work without a permit was investigated and found with no violation warranted at the time of inspection. The building's owner has maintained regular rodent control measures, as evidenced by multiple passed inspections between 2021 and 2025, indicating improved pest management since the 2020 pest complaint that resulted in no access for inspection.